Fargo Film Festival

Fargo Film Festival

Type: Dedicated shortfilm festivalLocation: Fargo, Start Month: March

Description

The Fargo Film Festival is the premier annual moving picture event in the state of North Dakota. Featuring more than 100 movies every March, the five day festival takes place at the Historic Fargo Theatre, a beautiful, 870-seat art deco movie palace equipped with a Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ.

The Fargo Film Festival showcases work from all over the world and routinely programs movies that go on to receive distribution. In the past several years, the festival has hosted several Oscar-nominated filmmakers.

Submission Requirements:

Movies must be submitted electronically, via a link to a site such as Vimeo or the moviemaker’s provided URL. No physical media, including DVD and Blu-ray, are accepted as submission copies. If the moviemaker’s work is selected, an approved exhibition copy must be provided.

Moviemakers must electronically submit a high-resolution image from their movie.

Submission Deadline: October

Fees:

The Fargo Film Festival names winners in each of its seven categories and also honors films with several special awards.

Awards / Prizes:

The Fargo Film Festival names winners in each of its seven categories and also honors films with several special awards.